Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Alabama, Utah become the latest U.S. states to ban TikTok on state devices
(Reuters) - Alabama and Utah on Monday joined other U.S. states prohibiting the use of Chinese-owned short-video sharing app TikTok on state government devices and computer networks due to national se...
Dec 13, 2022
U.S. solar installations to fall 23% this year due to China goods ban: report
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - New U.S. solar installations are on track to fall by nearly a quarter this year, with panel imports stalled by a ban on goods from China's Xinjiang region over forced labo...
Dec 12, 2022
U.S. sends first shipment of power gear to aid Ukraine
By Humeyra Pamuk and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has shipped the first part of its power equipment aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said on Monday, as Washington works to su...
Dec 12, 2022
Bankman-Fried says lawyers pressured him to name new CEO -testimony
(Reuters) - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said he was pressured into nominating John Ray as chief executive of the crypto exchange in early November by Sullivan and Cromwell lawyers who were advising ...
Dec 12, 2022
Horse racing-National doping rules delayed amid legal uncertainty
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - U.S. federal officials hit the brakes on Monday regarding the Jan. 1 adoption of national anti-doping rules for racehorses after a recent court ruling against the program. ...
Dec 12, 2022
Former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas -official
By Jasper Ward and Brian Ellsworth (Reuters) -The Bahamas police have arrested former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, the country's attorney general said on Monday, adding that The Bahamas has received for...
Dec 12, 2022
Court allows New York to enforce limits on guns on private property
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday allowed New York to restrict the carrying of firearms on private property under a new law adopted in wake of a major U.S. Supreme Court ru...
Dec 12, 2022
U.S. to form inter-agency group to counter antisemitism, Islamophobia
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is establishing an inter-agency group to coordinate efforts to counter antisemitism, Islamophobia and related forms of bias and discrim...
Dec 12, 2022
U.S. FDA approves Mirati’s lung cancer drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Mirati Therapeutics Inc's lung cancer drug adagrasib, according to the health regulator's website. (Reporting by Raghav Mahobe in B...
Dec 12, 2022
White House says Musk’s condemnation of Fauci is ‘dangerous’ and ‘disgusting’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk's public condemnation of top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci is "dangerous" and "disgusting," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told report...
Dec 12, 2022
